Jan. 8 Letters: Build the wall, the Senate's purpose

Border wall

A country without strong borders is no country at all. It's just grazing ground for the world.

A lawless place of open violence where the strong suppress the weak. Let's build the wall!

Tom Hank

Grafton

Flailing Senate

One of the principle jobs of our Senate is to 'advise and consent' on matters of state. With the current partial shutdown, they are refusing to even consider any bills unless the president allows them to. With that in mind what is their job and why do we have them?